I'm in trouble...

I fell in love... that should say it all... Duncan and I went to Petco to see everyone from LL Dog Rescue again on Saturday. It was funny, he seemed to know where we were going this time, and as we turned onto Metcalf he stood up in his seat, watching for Petco. Not only did he paw my arm again in excitement, but he put his paw on my forearm and let it rest there for a few moments! He really likes to go and see all the Shelties! Well, moments after we got there, I noticed a new rescue that I hadn't met yet in one of the kennels. So I went over to see her. This put me in immediate peril and there was no hope for me now...

Meet Tuffy. She is also a Mill Breeder Rescue. She is three years old and by some wonderful miracle has not developed the "puppy mill shell" around her little Sheltie heart. When I went up to her kennel she immediately sat up, and when I reached in to pet her, she pawed at me. Tuffy actually wants attention-very rare for a mill dog. She is incredibly sweet and amazingly confident. I leashed her, and got her out of the kennel to say hi to me and Duncan...and she crawled into my lap. "Ugh-oh!" I told Barbara that I wanted her.

She and Duncan seemed to get along well. They even laid down next to each other at one point and immediately looked like brother and sister. (Oh boy.) I tried to get a picture of this, but they moved before I was able to. Duncan handled my petting and kissing on her very well, but did finally get a little jealous and stepped up into my lap again. You can see very well in this picture that Tuffy is actually what looks like a Sable Merle. I have never seen one of these! You can see the Merling as it curls down from her ear towards her neck. She's beautiful, sweet, and seems to like Duncan. And, as I've mentioned before I think it would do Duncan good to have another Sheltie around, especially one who is more confident and may want to play some. I was just hoping that Duncan and I could wait a few years, 'til I maybe had some more room! But on the other hand, Duncan is 9 years old...

I also think that Gracie would like Tuffy as well. They're actually very similar character wise with their friendliness, and I suspect they might like eacth other immediately. I don't know when I'll get her. She's being spayed tomorrow (Barbara had actually only had her for three days!) And I'll have to put her adoption fee together. Tuffy was only given her name recently and doesn't seem to know it yet so we may change it. What does everyone think of Debbie? Duncan Hines and Little Debbie... Is that corny enough? Ha! Duncan and Debbie. Hmm... Boy and I in trouble!